قولنجان

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुलञ्जन (kulañjana), possibly from Chinese 高良薑／高良姜 (gāoliángjiāng).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /quː.lan.ˈd͡ʒaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [quː.län.d͡ʒɑːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [quː.län.d͡ʒɑːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qu.län.d͡ʒɔːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [quː.læn.d͡ʒɒːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qu.län.d͡ʒɔn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qūlanjān
Dari reading^?	qūlanjān
Iranian reading^?	ġulanjân
Tajik reading^?	qulanjon

Noun

قُولَنْجَانْ • (qulanjân)

ginger

Descendants

→ Arabic: خُولَنْجَان (ḵūlanjān), خَلَنْجَان (ḵalanjān)
- → Middle Armenian: խօլնջան (xōlnǰan), խօլնճան (xōlnčan)
- → Persian: خاولنجان (xâwlanjân), خولنجان (xawlinjān), خالولنجان (xālūlinjān)
  - → Old Anatolian Turkish: خولنجان (havlincan)
    - Ottoman Turkish: خولنجان (havlincan)
      - Turkish: havlıcan